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FUNERALS CtED We .upply the be.t of burial good., co?. duct funeral. ,?d relieve famllie. and friend, of many unp|ea,ant dutie> dent to death. We are alway. prepared to .erve tho.e who need our service B. R. McCREIGHT, Ca,*pen, s.:c. Shoes ! Shoes ! CHEAP FOR CASH Our stock is too large and for the next TEN DAYS we will save you money. There is not a piece of in ferior workmanship in any shoe in our stock. Buy a pair of GOOD SHOES and save money. Springs & Shannon PREPARE FOR HOT WEATHER Come to our store and allow us to help you in your preparations for hot weather. You will want, per haps, a refrigerator, a water cooler, window screens and wire, ice cream freezer, lawn mower, garden hose, etc. We have the best in these lines. For ex ample, we sell Ice Cream Freezers, Refrigerators, The Best Brand of Window Screens and Wire, and . Garden . Hose, Thoroughly Reliable Lawn Mowers. : : : : , We can fully equip your home and yard for the sum mer and sell you many things that will add to your comfort during the hot weather. Visit this store. Make it your headquarters for hardware. Malone - Pearce - Young Hardware Company Eor Best Service ' SEE I. B. ZEMP DRAYAGE Kerosine, Gasoline, Wood and Coal. HIGH PRICES PAID FOR "COPY" Manuscript* Written by Famous Au thors Sought by Collector*? Burns Note 8old for $675. There Is more value In the actual written manuscript than the young author who carefully sends his type written efforts to the editor ever dr^axos. Of course one must allow 1 something for fashion even In inauu* script. For instauoe, the original { manuscript of liesant'? "li err PauJus" I realised only $10, Olsslng's "Bve's j Ransom" $66. while Hdna Myall's I "Donovan" was Judged worth $150. | Theeo are hut small figures compared I with tho $236 paid for a llngle leaf of one of Captain Cook'-, log-books. Even this paled before tt\e Immense sensation afforded by the bidding for another leaf? this time from the lost journal of Captain Cook's ftrst voyage In 1770. Collectors of Australia weru specially keen, as it contaiued the earliest reference to Hotany bay, and ultimately this particular leaf was secured for $2,256. Anything by Stovenson Is of great Interest to collectors, and it is not surprising that for one page contain ing the autograph list of title and thirteen chapter headings for a I projected novel, "The Adventures of Henry Shovel," with a scribbled memo of some medicine the novelist wanted, an enthusiast should have given $260. Kobert Hums, Scotland's national poet, wrote three and a half pages of verses to a friend, requesting a favor. Manuscript hunters thought nothing of paying $676 for it. SEEKS ORIGIN OF INDIAN Or. A- Hrdlicka of U. S. National Mu seum on Qusst for Anoewtrsl Links In Eastern Asia. ' Dr. A. Hrdlicka, of the United States National museum, has recently made ! an extensive visit to southeastern 81 beria and northern Mongolia, for the I express purpose of seeking possible remains of the raoe that peopled ' America, 1. e., the ancestors of the American Indians, says the Sdentlflo American. He investigated both the contents of ancient burial mounds and the aslatic tribes of the present day, j and in both cases found much more evidence than he expected. He con cludes that there exist today over large parts of eastern Siberia, and in Mongolia, Tibet and other regions In that-pert-of-the world, aumsioua re mains, which now form ' constituent parts of more modern tribes of na tions, of a more ancient population, perhaps related in origin to the latest paleolithic Europeans, which was phy sically Identical with and in all prob ability gave rise to the American In dians. He reports a vast and rioh field for anthrapological and archaeological research in eastern Asia. The Hickory in Danger. Entomologists declare the hickory j to be in danger of extermination. There Is, it seems, a bark beetle which i is working widespread destruction. ' The bark bettle should bo sought out and ruthlessly slain. The hickory la an unaristocratlc tree. It is gaunt, i but sturdy. It looks like Uncle Sam. ! There is something essentially and typically American about the hickory, its shaggy homeliness is a delight ! The nut it bears is a delight, too. The tree is not like the "spreading chest | nut," affluent in verdure and generous ? in shade. It is, rather, spare and utili tarian. And the hickory hut Is far more admirable than the chestnut, and far more American. It is a hard nut to crack. I3ut, after the shell has once been removed, it is found to be very desirable. Then, too, there Is the hickory bark for building Ores with. | In the winter, when a cheery fire In the woods is most worth striving for, the crackling of the hickory bark is the cheeriest thing imaginable, and J its fragrance is beyond description de ! lightful. It Was a Pity. i They have a wise ten-year-old boy In I en east end family, and some of his sayings are really, worth peddling. At , least, his father thinks they are, or he j wouldn't tell this one. ^ The other day, the younster ap i proached his father and stared at him ? for some time. "Daddy," he finally said, "you think mamma is the most beautiful person you ever saw, don't you?" "Of course," replied the father, : great promptness. , Again the boy scrutinized his pa ' rent. "Gee, daddy," he finally said, "It's ( an awful pity she can't say the same j thing about you, ain't It?" ) Diplomatic. The mayor of a French town had, in accordance with the regulations, to I make out a passport for a rich and ; highly respectable lady of his acqu&ln I tance, who, in spite of a slight disfig t urenpent, was very vain of her per I sonal appearance. H1b native polite j ness prompted him to gloss over the ! defect, but after a moment's' refieo j tion he wrote among the items of per [ sonal description: "Eyes beautiful, j tender, expressive, but one of them | missing." Peril to Aviators. A bill which has just passed the ' nrltish parliament declares that for . elgn aviators who undertake to fly across the country, without making a declaration of the objects of their : journey, will do so at their own peril. If they should pass over forts, royal I dockyards or arsenals they are liable to bo shot down Notice of this act has been communicated to foreign 1 governments AS PRECIOUS AS GOLD u. By FRANK H. MILOON. As wo scanned the yellow shoot, only that moment torn froui the grimy envelope. Chase Precott groaned aloud. Although he wan not a man given to denpatrlng, he could see plain ly that the words spelled probable ruin. As acting president of the Wyo- j wing Hauklug company, with branches In Fremont and Casper, the responat- ; blllty of the twin Institutions lay on the shoulders of the ouo-tlme cashier; from tho president, whose recovery from a dangerous fever seemed im probable, ho could expect neither aid nor advice. The telogram road: "Fremont, Wyo., Hept. 95- -Chase Prescott, The Muddy Klver House, Casper: Run on bank certain tomor- I row, Twi'Uty>flve thousand necessary by noon. Come at once yourself, ar ranging for special train to follow. ? 1 Dick Moses." "That's a pleasant mes?ugo to re ceive on the evo of one's marriage!" i be exclaimed, "I wonder what Ina would say to that. Lucky wo ar ranged to be married at her home in Fremont." Chase Preseott glanced at his watch, noting that the hour was eight o'clock. He stepped quickly to tho telephono booth, giving his orders) clearly and briefly to his associates of the Casper National, closing by tell ing them that he was about to leave for Fremont on the 9:16 p. m. train. "Have the money on board the spe cial as early as you can tomorrow morning," he admonished. "We must take no chanes. If It "wasn't for that confounded new time lock, I'd open the safe tonight, get the coin to Fre mont, and have It in tho bank there by the time we open for business to- 1 morrow morning." Once in Fremont, Chase Prescott hastened to meet Dick Mobos, pay ing teller of the Fremont National,, and a brother of the girl who was t9 be come his wife on the morrow. The substance of the Information conveyad by Dick Moses was that disgruntled depositor had started In circulation a story that tho Fremont National was on its last legs; the news had spread quickly, and but for the faot that the bank closed Its doors dally at three o'clock, would have meant ruin that day. On the morrow the bank doors would awing back on their heavy hinges at 9:30 o'clock. The amount of currency and bills in the bank was good, possibly, for a three hours' run; anyway, not for more than that. Everything depended, thereforo, on j the timely arrival of the special from j Casper. The officials went to the bank in a body tho noxt morning. A crowd was already gathered about tho building. For an hour there was a steady out flow of carefully counted money through the little wicker over which was the sign "Deposits and With drawals." Chase Prescott stood by the big plato glass window, watching the crowd outside. A messenger boy from the nearby i telegraph offlce came running into the bank, all out of breath. Has i tily Chase Prescott tore open tho en velope. It read: ' "Casper, Wyo., Sept. 24. ? Chase Prescott, the Fremont National, Fre mont: . Special has left here with twenty-flve thousand In currency, Should be In Fremont, barring acci dents, by 11:30. ? William." The face of ,Dlck Moses paled as the pile of currency at his right hand dwindled. Again tho messenger boy from the telegraph office was seen running through the crowd, elbowing his way vigorously. This time the scrap of yellow paper was crushed In Chase Prescott's hand. It told of a washout 12 miles away. There had been a dam burst, it said; the money was being brought on by wagon, and would be at the door of the Fremont National with in hour. ? "In an hour!" groaned the acting president. "In an hour! Great Scott the bank will be 'busted' Inside of 20 minutes! No, it shan't be! I say it shan't be!" As he uttered the words, half aloud, he ran out Into the street, hailing a passing express wagon. Ev ery cent the bank had In its coffers had been placed in full view for efTect; and now it was nearly gone. There was not sufficient to last another five minutes. The rumble of the express wagon was again heard, and the crowd in thb ulreet was forced to scatter to let It through. It' was piled high with I bags of precious coin ? rough meal j s&cks, seized on hastily, tho most of j them were, but the money inside had the rattle and jingle of gold. Without a word, bag after bag was carried in side the big doors. At last the crowd comprehended, cheers split the air, and the line of waiters broke up shamefaced, but satisfied the bank was safe. Thirty minutes later the wagon from tho washout arrived, tho driver looked more like a man dead than alive, and tho horse whlto with the foam of terrible exertion. "How In the world did you do it?" gasped Dick Moses to Chase Pres cott. ? "The first load was made up of Iron washers from your father's hard ware store ? Just Iron washers and a few nuts. That was all. Ina got me the key to the warehouse; and tho j wedding will take place tonight the 1 same as if nothing had happened!" There was a moisture much like tears of joy in the eyes of both men as they silently but heartily clasped hruds. (Copyright Ly Dally Story Pub. 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